Your CPU speed

[Jondot]

I thought a 1.8 = 3.2, it's not exactly double.

My Dad has a 1.83Ghz Pentuim M with is new Laptop.

Oh ok. I voted 3.6 < though

What did he get? Another toaster?

 

[emad]

Athlon64 3500+ overclocked to 2315mhz - it's not a big OC, but it's all I can do till I get better ram.

 

[G.T]

What did he get? Another toaster?

A Sony Vaio, top of the range. Very nice in fact, many air vents too.

 

[kikie]

Athlon 3.5 Ghz, 64 bit

 

[jammyozzy]

Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz. 👍
I can't really be bothered to do the "pencil trick" on it, so it's stuck at that clock speed.

 

[Pebb]

I have a AMD 64 3500+ which is not overclocked. My CPU may not be 3.5GHZ but it can rival one of those speeds from a P4.

 

['85fierogt]

AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

 

[Omnis]

Athlon 64 3000+ Laptop.

 

[Spock]

$Desktop->CpuSpeed="2.0GHz Intel Pentium 4";
$Laptop->CpuSpeed="2.4Ghz Intel Celeron"

 

[Omnis]

LOL, I can't believe you actually bought a celeron.

 

[Event]

$Desktop->CpuSpeed="2.0GHz Intel Pentium 4";
$Laptop->CpuSpeed="2.4Ghz Intel Celeron"

been programming recently?

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Home Desktop: Athlon 64 3800+
Work Laptop: Pentium 4 1.8GHz.

 

[German Muscle]

Main Machine: P4 640 @ 4GHz on air.
HTPC: Dual P3 1GHz
Server: 6x Pentium Pro 200MHz 1MB

The record for a stable enough to be benchmarked Pentium 4 is 7134MHz.

 

[RSCosworth]

Got 1.5 GHz Pentium M 715 on my laptop and an A64 3500+ on me desktop

 

[Pebb]

Nice pick for your desktop PC RSCosworth. It seems the AMD 64 3500+ is a bargin AMD 64 CPU for a lot of peeople.

 

[donbenni]

Yeah the 3500 is tempting. It's either that or the 3700, but if i go the latter i will have to spend less on the GPU.

Topic of the day: What's more important in a gaming machine, a fast CPU + medium GPU or a medium CPU + fast GPU?

 

[emad]

Yeah the 3500 is tempting. It's either that or the 3700, but if i go the latter i will have to spend less on the GPU.

Topic of the day: What's more important in a gaming machine, a fast CPU + medium GPU or a medium CPU + fast GPU?

Get the 3700. The price difference is nominal and the fact that it has double the cache alone makes the chip worth the extra $60 (canadian). Considering that your pc will easily cost you over $1k, the $60 shouldn't take too long to save up for.

For your topic of the day, I'd say blow cash out the wazoo on the video card, get a mid range CPU and overclock the sucker. The athlon64's are VERY overclockable even on stock cooling.

 

[Pako]

1.) P4 3.6ghz 64-bit 2mb Cache.
2.) P4 3.2ghz HT

 

[Pebb]

I feel Intel's 64bit CPU's will not be as good in gaming like the AMD 64 CPU's.

 

[donbenni]

Get the 3700. The price difference is nominal and the fact that it has double the cache alone makes the chip worth the extra $60 (canadian). Considering that your pc will easily cost you over $1k, the $60 shouldn't take too long to save up for.

For your topic of the day, I'd say blow cash out the wazoo on the video card, get a mid range CPU and overclock the sucker. The athlon64's are VERY overclockable even on stock cooling.

Ah yes i'd forgotten about the double cache, good point 👍 r.e. TopicOTD: Well it seems that i'll get the 3700 and a phat GPU (prob 7800 GT) just for a laugh. This computer is getting pricey

 

[Spock]

LOL, I can't believe you actually bought a celeron.

Hey it was a completly free laptop, and ive had it for around 2 1/2 years. plus i mainly use it for war-driving in conjunction with my psp.

been programming recently?

yeah.

 

[213101]

LOL i must have the slowest computer around i got 450megaherts amd k6 LOL awsome aye.

 

[InZan3]

well mine is a 1.7ghz centrino mobile but it runs as fast as a intel(desktop) 3.4ghz
same work speed.. love the centrino

 

[Geeky1]

Voted for >4.0GHz 'cause the poll doesn't account for SMP, which my "main" system is.

system 1: 2x 2.8GHz Xeons @ 3.2GHz
" 2: Sempron 3100 @ 2.4GHz
" 3: 3.4GHz Prescott P4 @ 3.4GHz*
" 4: Athlon XP 2600m @ 2.6GHz
" 5: 2x 1GHz PIIIs @ 1GHz
" 6: 2.8GHz Prescott P4 @ 2.8GHz (laptop)
" 7: 2.4GHz Northwood P4 @ 2.4GHz (laptop)
" 8: 2x 450MHz Pentium IIIs @ 450MHz*
" 9: 733MHz Motorola PowerPC G4 @ 733MHz
" 10: 166MHz Digital Equipment Corporation Alpha 64 bit RISC CPU*
" 11: 2x 200MHz/1MB L2 Pentium Pros @ 200MHz*
" 12: 2x 200MHz Pentium MMXs @ 200MHz*
" 13: 2x 133MHz Pentium-S @ 133MHz*

* = currently under construction

 

[donbenni]

Honestly where do you get all of your stuff from?!

 

[Shannon]

Voted for >4.0GHz 'cause the poll doesn't account for SMP, which my "main" system is.

system 1: 2x 2.8GHz Xeons @ 3.2GHz
" 2: Sempron 3100 @ 2.4GHz
" 3: 3.4GHz Prescott P4 @ 3.4GHz*
" 4: Athlon XP 2600m @ 2.6GHz
" 5: 2x 1GHz PIIIs @ 1GHz
" 6: 2.8GHz Prescott P4 @ 2.8GHz (laptop)
" 7: 2.4GHz Northwood P4 @ 2.4GHz (laptop)
" 8: 2x 450MHz Pentium IIIs @ 450MHz*
" 9: 733MHz Motorola PowerPC G4 @ 733MHz
" 10: 166MHz Digital Equipment Corporation Alpha 64 bit RISC CPU*
" 11: 2x 200MHz/1MB L2 Pentium Pros @ 200MHz*
" 12: 2x 200MHz Pentium MMXs @ 200MHz*
" 13: 2x 133MHz Pentium-S @ 133MHz*

* = currently under construction

What the hell do you need 13 systems for? You could run a damn server farm ...almost.

 

[Ev0]

I'm content with my Athlon 3400+. I don't know what I'd need 13 systems for!

 

[emad]

Voted for >4.0GHz 'cause the poll doesn't account for SMP, which my "main" system is.

system 1: 2x 2.8GHz Xeons @ 3.2GHz
" 2: Sempron 3100 @ 2.4GHz
" 3: 3.4GHz Prescott P4 @ 3.4GHz*
" 4: Athlon XP 2600m @ 2.6GHz
" 5: 2x 1GHz PIIIs @ 1GHz
" 6: 2.8GHz Prescott P4 @ 2.8GHz (laptop)
" 7: 2.4GHz Northwood P4 @ 2.4GHz (laptop)
" 8: 2x 450MHz Pentium IIIs @ 450MHz*
" 9: 733MHz Motorola PowerPC G4 @ 733MHz
" 10: 166MHz Digital Equipment Corporation Alpha 64 bit RISC CPU*
" 11: 2x 200MHz/1MB L2 Pentium Pros @ 200MHz*
" 12: 2x 200MHz Pentium MMXs @ 200MHz*
" 13: 2x 133MHz Pentium-S @ 133MHz*

* = currently under construction

You had BETTER have a Beowufl cluster running!

 

[donbenni]

Topic of the hour:

What is the minimum CPU required to seriously play today's (and maybe tomorrow's) games?

IMO, my 2600+XP isn't sufficient, so i raise the bidding to around 3200. Any takers?

 

[G.T]

Hehe, I fired up an old PC of my Nan and Grandad's today that they gave away to us, and it has an astonishing Pentium MMX 166mhz!